Projects

• Quarterly Monitor of Economic Trends and Policies in Serbia (QM)
  A publication that systematically monitors macroeconomic, corporate and financial trends and policies in Serbia. It comes out in Serbian and English and is also posted on the FREN website.


• Research "Project Defining Criteria for Underdeveloped Municipalities "
  FREN, in cooperation with CEVES and Serbian Government Poverty Reduction Team, is working on the definition of the criteria for undeveloped municipalities in Serbia. Results from the first phase of the project are available only on Serbian at the moment.


• Research "Understanding New Services Sector in Serbia"
  The Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) conducted the survey of services sector enterprises operating in Belgrade. The survey is being conducted on a sample of 300 business units from services sector, focusing on the provision of knowledge based, ICT and media services. First results of the research will is presented on 14th of November 2006, at Venice Architecture Biennale Cities, architecture and society, as a part of the Project Belgrade presentation.


• Serbia 's Economy: The Stylized Facts 2000-2005
  An unpublished study of the characteristics of the process of adjustment of the macroeconomic structure of the Serbian economy in the 2000-2005 period.


• Documenting the development of the private sector in Serbia
  The first stage of this project – elaborating a methodology for researching the private sector in Serbia – has been completed. For the second stage, the plan is to conduct an in-depth survey of the development and behavior of enterprises in Serbia , with emphasis on the effect of type of ownership on economic performance.


• Research Grant Awards
  Competition for grants for the execution of research projects in the field of economics and related disciplines with potential for international publication.


• Mapping Serbia 's Labor Market
  The objective of this empirical study published in late May 2006 is to provide an overview of the labor markets in the districts and municipalities of Serbia, identify the regions threatened by above-average unemployment, and recommend actions to economic policy makers and local authorities for the reduction of regional differences in Serbia's labor market.


• Monitoring the process of Serbia 's moving closer to the EU and the "Europeanization" of Serbia
  This project focuses on reform legislation and policies whose effective implementation is a requirement for concluding the Stabilization and Association Agreement between Serbia and the EU, and advocates the adoption and implementation of policies and measures to help Serbia continue moving closer to the EU.


• Corporate Governance
  This project is part of a broader project of the Stockholm Institute for Transitional Economies (SITE) dealing with the implementation of legislation on securities in countries in transition. Besides including Serbia in the comprehensive analysis, it will also contribute to disseminating knowledge about our country by gathering and analyzing data on important aspects of corporate governance.


• Data base
  Posted on the FREN website, the data base contains updated information in the fields of fiscal, monetary, foreign trade, and financial policies, with indicators of economic trends and growth, and is accessible to the broad professional public.


• Econometric Modelling of Inflation in Serbia
  This paper examines dynamics of inflation in Serbia in 2001-2005 and evaluates size of exchange rate pass-through. Within the cointegration framework it explains which factors determin price level in the long–term. Findings might be useful in choosing effective monetary and exchange rate stabilization policy in Serbia.


• Library